A final week of repeats kicks off from May 25 and will mix things up by airing one episode each for five more stars - Melissa George (Angel Parrish), Isabel Lucas (Tasha Andrews), Simon Baker (James Healy), Naomi Watts (Julie Gibson) and the late Heath Ledger (Scott Irwin),

Channel 5 announced last week that it would be taking Home and Away off air throughout May, insisting that the break was necessary to avoid catching up with the Australian broadcasts.

A spokesperson said: "There's only 45 weeks' worth of episodes produced of Home and Away in Australia every year, which sadly means Channel 5 has to take 2 annual breaks in order that we don't catch up."

Channel 5 will be airing Home and Away eight weeks behind Australia when the regular episodes resume on June 1.